Winstar Announces Initial Test Rates of 1,625 barrels of oil per day from Chouech Essaida 8S Re-Entry Well

Winstar Resources Ltd. ("Winstar" or "the Company") (TSX: WIX) is pleased to provide initial test results of the 100% owned and operated Chouech Essaida 8S well (CS No.8S) in southern Tunisia.

- The Company announces that the well has been successfully completed and after 42 hours is currently flowing at a stable rate of 1,625 bbl/d of oil (2,200 boepd of total hydrocarbons) commingled from two zones in the Triassic reservoir.
- The well results are consistent with results from interpretation of well logs which indicated that both productive zones encountered are 3 - 4 meters structurally higher and 50% to 100% thicker compared to the original CS No.8 well located approximately 50 meters west of the CS No.8S well.

    -   The well is tied into the 100% owned central production facility
        ("CPF") and testing is being conducted via the existing gathering
        systems resulting in lower testing costs and the sales of all test
        oil production.

    -   The following is a summary of the initial production rates from the
        well during 42 hours of initial testing

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                                                            Flowing
                                                            Wellhead   Choke
       Interval       Oil/cond    Gas     Total    Water    pressure    size
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          (m)         (bbls/d)  (Mcf/d)  (boe/d)  (bbls/d)   (psi)   (inches)
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    2445.5 - 2448.0
    2458.0 - 2460.0     1,625    3,460    2,200      455      712      48/64
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The Company cautions that the initial production rates may not reflect the long term productive rates of the well and that the well may not be produced at its full productive capacity.

BOE

References herein to "boe" mean barrels of oil equivalent and is derived by converting gas to oil in the ratio of six thousand cubic feet (Mcf) of gas to one barrel (bbl) of oil. Boe may be misleading, particularly if used in isolation. A boe conversion ratio of 6 Mcf to 1 bbl is based upon an energy conversion method primarily applicable at the burner tip and does not represent a value equivalency at the wellhead. References herein to "boepd" means barrels of oil equivalent per day.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Winstar Resources Ltd. is a Calgary based junior oil and gas company, which explores for, develops, produces, and sells crude oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas in Tunisia and Hungary. Winstar's common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol WIX.

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